earlgreytoast wrote:[...] it sounds like the people who run the site still don't actually know what needs to be done or how much it would cost. They can't tell us what they need because they literally don't know. [...]

Yeah, it's called incompetence. What's it been now? Almost a year? All the while, people are volunteering money to help solve the problems.

I may be wrong but I can't imagine the folks that started the store ever imagined it would get as big as it has and IT'S ALL FREE. Running it is a labor of love not full time paid position right? If you ask me Everybody should donate at least 10% of their sales on the site same as they do when they list on ebay. I know it will never become a paid membership site, but maybe make the classifieds/release discussions (when they start working) and the sacred price charts etc open only to financial contributors. Basically strip it down to just art comments and details tab for anyone that chooses not to contribute to keeping things running.

Everybody posting is a financial contributor right? (Hint the answer is no)

stuckeyc wrote:maybe make the classifieds/release discussions (when they start working) and the sacred price charts etc open only to financial contributors. Basically strip it down to just art comments and details tab for anyone that chooses not to contribute to keeping things running.

I like the idea of only contributors should be able to report their personal sales. Would likely reduce some of the treejam-like sales reporting and increase the reliability on said charts.

I just find it a shame to see a great resource not functioning as well as it should. The support is there. People are ready to open their wallets to help. They just need to know what the game plan is.

And I'm certainly not trying to take away from what the volunteers do around here. They put in a ton of work which I do appreciate.

Not going to deny that y'all are right - and we do know/believe that the community is willing to contribute. However, we also don't want to toss out a number half-assed. Being an actual business, we have to look at it as getting multiple bids, looking at options, trying to hash out the best approach, etc. And with a group that can't meet in person (and thus has complications in timing of discussions), those talks aren't going to be solved in a day.Trust us... we want to have the site up and reliable as much as all of you do - probably even more. It's trying to decide the best way to go about that which is the hardest part at this point.

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